Governor Hochul’s Opportunity to Help New York Farmers
NRDC onEarth
JULY 22, 2024
Nation-leading bill pending before the Governor would boost municipal purchasing of local, healthier, and more sustainably produced food.
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Trial begins with heavy-duty liquid hydrogen truck
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 26, 2024
Vinyl producer INEOS Inovyn has begun customer trials with “Europe’s first heavy-duty liquid hydrogen truck” “Hydrogen is a game-changing energy solution that will transform truck transportation and help us achieve a zero-emission future,” said Wouter Bleukx, Business Director Hydrogen at INEOS Inovyn. “As both a major producer and consumer of low-carbon hydrogen, INEOS is in a unique position to help drive this change.
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Innovate or Stagnate: Cleaning Up the Manufacturing Sector
CleanTech Group
JULY 25, 2024
It’s Time to Clean Up Industrial cleaning of manufacturing and process equipment typically employs the use of hydrocarbon solvents, caustic solutions and heated. The post Innovate or Stagnate: Cleaning Up the Manufacturing Sector appeared first on Cleantech Group.
Giant Canberra battery gets approval to help wean national capital off fossil gas
Renew Economy
JULY 25, 2024
A giant battery project that will help get the national capital get off gas and reach its net zero target has won development approval. The post Giant Canberra battery gets approval to help wean national capital off fossil gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.
How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
Court of Appeals Rejects Chemours’s Attempt to Void EPA Health Advisory for GenX in Drinking Water
NRDC onEarth
JULY 23, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – The Third Circuit Court of Appeals today rejected arguments by Chemours Company that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted unlawfully when it issued a health advisory about the risks of exposure to the PFAS forever chemical.
New Environment Secretary visits wetlands tackling river pollution
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 22, 2024
The Hogsmill River as it joins the River Thames at Kingston (image credit: Motmit , CC BY-SA 3.0 license). On 18 July The Rivers Trust and South East Rivers Trust welcomed the new Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Steve Reed MP to Chamber Mead Wetlands, a demonstration of how nature-based solutions can be improve river health.
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“I’m not interested in the fanatics:” Dutton responds to science academy’s report on nuclear SMRs
Renew Economy
JULY 24, 2024
Dutton dismissed report on nuclear SMR by the highly respected Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, saying he is not interested in the views of "fanatics." The post “I’m not interested in the fanatics:” Dutton responds to science academy’s report on nuclear SMRs appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Clean Transportation: Another Form of Indigenous Resistance to Big Oil
NRDC onEarth
JULY 24, 2024
A deep dive into tribal clean transportation with the executive director of Electric Nation, Bob Blake.
Developing the tools to restore UK seagrass
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 26, 2024
A new Welsh nursery is at the forefront of a mission to restore the UK’s lost seagrass meadows, says the group behind it. The project aims to equip organisations and communities with the tools to bring back biodiversity and support CO2 removal from the atmosphere by restoring these habitats. As much as 92% of the UK’s seagrass meadows has been lost since 1936.
AFC Energy signs supply deal with Germany’s Zollner Elektronik to Scale Manufacture of S Series Fuel Cell Modules
FuelCellsWorks
JULY 22, 2024
AFC Energy signs supply deal with Germany’s Zollner Elektronik to Scale Manufacture of S Series Fuel Cell Modules.
The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Origin to double size of Eraring battery to soak up solar next to country’s biggest coal generator
Renew Economy
JULY 24, 2024
Origin to double size of Eraring battery, adding a more than four-hour second stage to help soak up solar at the site of Australia's largest coal generator. The post Origin to double size of Eraring battery to soak up solar next to country’s biggest coal generator appeared first on RenewEconomy.
How to Make a Wildfire Evacuation Plan
NRDC onEarth
JULY 22, 2024
Fires can be wild and unpredictable—don’t let your reaction to them be the same.
Compostable packaging often isn’t the easy win it’s marketed as
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 26, 2024
The Closed Loop label A new multi-trial study appears to find significant improvements in the disposal of certified compostable packaging when people are given clear instructions and consistent labelling. Independent environmental and behaviour change expert Hubbub – which completed the study with the University of Sheffield – warns that compostable packaging is not a silver bullet and should only be used in specific circumstances.
An optimist’s guide to the EV battery mining challenge
Canary Media
JULY 26, 2024
I hear the same refrain from climate advocates and fossil-fuel boosters: Whether you like electric vehicles or not, mining all the minerals needed for those batteries is going to be a problem.
Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport
Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium
With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.
Learnings from the Texas grid, and why it’s been able to add so much solar and battery storage
Renew Economy
JULY 25, 2024
Texas has around the same population as Australia and double the grid consumption. And it's been able to add renewables and storage at a rate Australia would envy. The post Learnings from the Texas grid, and why it’s been able to add so much solar and battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Hidden Hazards: Oversight Voids in Gas Gathering Lines
NRDC onEarth
JULY 24, 2024
PHMSA lacks complete information on gathering line routes and operating status. Recent accidents confirm these pipelines pose unknown hazards beneath our feet.
Key Scottish sectors warned of doubling of drought events by 2050
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 26, 2024
Scottish river in low flow (image credit: Paul Glendell). New research appears to find that the number of water scarcity events in Scotland could double by 2050, presenting a need for key industries to do more to adapt. The research, led by The James Hutton Institute, focused on how climate change is impacting water availability for the farming and whisky sectors, which could be left increasingly high and dry.
Hydrogen Could Still Fuel the Future of the Combustion Engine
FuelCellsWorks
JULY 22, 2024
The way cars are powered isn’t a done deal yet – the mix of methods could be more interesting than ever before. Alpine’s exhibition of its Alpenglow prototype at the.
AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities
Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor
With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.
One nuclear plant could see 45,000 rooftop solar systems shut off each day
Renew Economy
JULY 21, 2024
New analysis finds adding one gigawatt scale nuclear plant in Queensland would require tens of thousands of rooftop solar systems to be shut off on a daily basis. The post One nuclear plant could see 45,000 rooftop solar systems shut off each day appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Climate hero or villain? Fossil fuel frenzy challenges Norway’s green image
The Guardian: Energy
JULY 26, 2024
As it rapidly adopts clean technologies while drilling furiously for oil and gas, the Nordic nation is a paradox The average Norwegian, better known for loving nature than destroying the planet, is more likely than anyone else to drive to work in an electric car and warm their home with a heat pump. When they turn on the kettle in the morning or charge their phone at night, Norwegians plug into an electricity grid that runs almost entirely on renewables.
Oxygen-without-light discovery challenges deep ocean preconceptions
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 25, 2024
“The discovery that a process associated with polymetallic nodules is producing oxygen, in an area targeted by the deep-sea mining industry, provides further support on the urgent need for a moratorium,” said the DSCC. Scientists appear to have found that oxygen is being produced in the deep sea through a process associated with polymetallic nodules on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean, in the complete absence of sunlight.
CTE to Lead 1,000-Bus Initiative as DOE Signs $12.6 Billion Agreement for California’s Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub Project
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JULY 26, 2024
Berkeley, CA – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the signing of a landmark $12.6 billion agreement, including up to $1.2 billion from the DOE and $11.4 billion in.
How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular
Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute
The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?
Dutton and crew get close to planned nuclear power plant site, and repeat same old nonsense
Renew Economy
JULY 22, 2024
Peter Dutton and some of the LNP's best and brightest gathered atop a small hill on Monday, where they had a panoramic view of one of their chosen nuclear power plant sites, and could repeat their energy nonsense. The post Dutton and crew get close to planned nuclear power plant site, and repeat same old nonsense appeared first on RenewEconomy.
EV Fill Up Savings 2024 Update
Energy Innovation
JULY 26, 2024
With a significant uptake in electric vehicles (EVs) hitting the road, drivers will need to learn a new skill: determining how much it costs to fill up their EV. Unlike gasoline prices that are clearly displayed on roads nationwide, most people don’t know the cost of electricity in their state or city, let alone what a kilowatt hour is. Most EV fill up calculators require users to enter this information or enter the battery size of their vehicle.
Technology selected for upgrade of mixed containers MRF in Perth
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 25, 2024
Wyllie Recycling Ltd, a leading family-owned recycling businesses in Scotland, has invested in three of TOMRA’s AUTOSORT optical sorters as part of a £3 million upgrade at the company’s mixed containers MRF in Perth. Designed specifically for local authority contracts, 20,000 tonnes of mixed containers are processed annually at the MRF, specifically aluminium and steel cans, plastic bottles and pots, tubs and trays.
UK National Gas Network Ready for 100% Hydrogen
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JULY 24, 2024
A world-first trial in Carlisle tested hydrogen blending from 2% to 100%, proving it is safe and effective for the UK gas network. A trial in Cumbria has tested the.
We published an analysis from a leading economist on soaring nuclear costs. Facebook removed it
Renew Economy
JULY 22, 2024
On Sunday, we published an analysis on the soaring cost of nuclear power by leading economist John Quiggin. On Monday we attempted to post it in our feed on social media. Facebook removed it. The post We published an analysis from a leading economist on soaring nuclear costs. Facebook removed it appeared first on RenewEconomy.
World’s Biggest Meat and Dairy Companies Spend More on Ads than Cutting Emissions — New Report
DeSmogBlog
JULY 22, 2024
Global meat and dairy giants are investing just a fraction of their revenues into cutting emissions despite being among the world’s largest polluters, according to new estimates. Company spending on advertising outstripped that on low-carbon solutions, the report by campaign group Changing Markets Foundation found, as corporations ramped up attempts to win consumers over with their green credentials.
Building better: Making the transition from operational carbon to embodied carbon measurement
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 22, 2024
When thinking about the construction sector and emissions, the first thing that may spring to mind is the CO2 created when heating, cooling and lighting the structure. However, is this the only and most important aspect to explore? Does it give the full picture of a building’s carbon footprint? Indoor air quality expert Volution offers a more expansive appreciation of the topic.
Rolls-Royce and TCS Collaborate on Hydrogen Research Programme
FuelCellsWorks
JULY 22, 2024
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Spanish energy giant unveils two huge battery storage projects in Australia
Renew Economy
JULY 21, 2024
Spanish energy giant Iberdrola unveils two new battery storage projects, vastly bigger than the installations it currently owns or operates. The post Spanish energy giant unveils two huge battery storage projects in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Puerto Rico could soon build its biggest solar and grid battery plants
Canary Media
JULY 22, 2024
Utility-scale solar in Puerto Rico has just received a $861 million boost from the federal government. On Thursday, the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office announced a conditional commitment to finance new solar and battery storage facilities on the southern coast of the island.
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